Ryan Rogers Achieves a New Level of Petty
If you ask Richard Rogers, son of Mary Kay Ash, his son Ryan Rogers is running Mary Kay Inc. into the ground. There is a massive family lawsuit over money and MK is struggling to stay in business. Richard has made strong allegations about Ryan’s mismanagement of Mary Kay Cosmetics and taking many millions of dollars for himself.
Ryan has been telling the courts that his dad is old and senile, but so far no one is buying it. Yes, Richard is old and in poor health physically, but no one has been able to bring forth any evidence or examples of Richard not being of sound mind. The best Ryan and his siblings have been able to come up with is the accusation that Richard’s wife Nancy is a gold digger who is calling all the shots.
Nancy Rogers is a lot. She has been referred to as “Fancy Nancy” in Dallas social circles for decades.
Her Instagram handle even reflects it:
In October 2009, Mary Kay announced two regular line lip gloss shades, including the new Fancy Nancy.
And now…. Mary Kay has just announced that Fancy Nancy lip gloss has been renamed Fancy Coral.
How is that for petty? Ryan is so upset at Nancy and Richard because of the lawsuits (that Ryan started, by the way), that he has taken the Fancy Nancy name off a product. The lip gloss has had this name for almost 17 years, but at this very moment, it is important to change it. I know, I know. They’ll say they’re just updating things and keeping with the trends.
We know better. Congratulations, Ryan, for reaching this new level of petty. And thank you for continuing to inspire and entertain us.
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A more trendy name would be Immoral Coral.
So what other products are getting fresh, shade-related names, Lyin’ Ryan, you Petty Betty?
Thought so.
Stock up now!!!!!
Is it possible that the author of the Fancy Nancy children’s books threatened legal action over use of the name?
After 17 years? Possible, but I’d score it as unlikely.
Huh, I hadn’t heard of the Fancy Nancy books before now.
According to my (admittedly limited) knowledge of copyright law, it would only cover Fancy Nancy in the sense of that specific character, her image, and the content of the books. So if you wanted to make a movie or sell merch with her likeness on it, you’d have to have permission, but they can’t prohibit the name “Fancy Nancy” being used for other purposes. I’m open to correction if I’ve got it wrong.
Plus, the timing is suspicious since this is happening so soon after the legal clusterfuffle, and Fancy Nancy has been her nickname for a long time.